North Korea says it simulated nuke attacks with drone, missiles
North Korea has stepped up its weapons demonstrations in a response to military exercises.
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Visit, grain deal extension come as UK says Putin likely to expand mandatory conscription.
Turkey’s president says he will back Finland’s Nato bid
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Slovakia follows Poland in sending fighter jets to Ukraine
Slovakia's PM Prime Minister Eduard Heger says his govt is “on the right side of history".
UN-backed inquiry accuses Russia of war crimes in Ukraine
The report comes a year after Russian airstrike on theatre in Mariupol killed hundreds.
2.5 tons of uranium missing in Libya, UN nuclear watchdog says
UN trying to "clarify the circumstances" and "current location" of the nuclear material.
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The drone crash in the Black Sea this week raised tensions between Moscow and Washington.
Poland first Nato member to give Ukraine fighter jets
Debate over whether to provide non-Nato Ukraine with fighter jets has raged for a year.
Australia to buy nuclear-powered subs made in US under Aukus agreement
It comes after Australia cancelled a multibillion-dollar contract for a French-built fleet
Ukraine nuclear power plant reconnected after massive missile strike
UN nuclear watchdog head slams “complacency" amid spectre of catastrophe again.
Veterans testify of ‘catastrophic’ impact of Afghan collapse
Active service members describe harrowing withdrawal from Afghanistan.
China threatens 'confrontation' if the US doesn't back off
Qin Gang warns that Beijing and the US are headed for "confrontation".
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Viktor Mikhalev is transforming weapons from the frontline into poignant symbols.
Xi accuses US of trying to block China’s development
Is the United States out to sabotage China? Chinese leaders think so.
Japan destroys new rocket at launch after ignition failure
It was the second stage of the country’s first new rocket series in more than two decades.
Falklands are British, UK says as Argentina pulls out of agreement, seeks new talks
The longstanding dispute over the South Atlantic territory sparked a 1982 war.
Civilians flee embattled Bakhmut as Ukrainian pullout looms
Analysts say it seems preparations are under way for Ukrainian withdrawal from key city.
US sending bridge-launchers to Ukraine in latest military aid package
The portable systems are part of a new US$400 million military aid package for Ukraine.
US, Russia hold highest-level talks since Ukraine invasion
US Sec of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met at G20.
Putin claims Ukraine troops storm across border into Russia
But Ukraine says Moscow is being provocative and staging a "false flag" attack.
Drone footage shows scale of Bakhmut’s destruction in Ukraine
On the anniversary of Russia's Ukraine invasion, footage shows Bakhmut now a ghost town.
Ukraine's year of 'pain, filth, blood, death' - and nation building
A year ago, February 24, 2022, Russia launched its bloody war against Ukraine.
10 Palestinians killed, 100 hurt in Israel West Bank raid
Rare daytime operation as 2000 new settler homes reportedly approved, more violence fears.
'Attempt to destroy Wagner': Owner accuses Russian military chiefs of 'treason'
Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of shadowy Wagner Group, has laid into Russian military chiefs.
Biden in Poland says US, allies ‘have Ukraine’s back’
Biden has addressed a cheering crowd of Polish citizens and Ukrainian refugees in Warsaw.
World on edge after Putin's nuclear arms treaty move, test threats
Putin has suspended Russia’s involvement in only remaining nuclear arms reduction treaty.
China's brazen balloon move sparks diplomatic firestorm, but what does it mean?
Strategic analysts are struggling to come to grips with what China's incursion means.
Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine war - US
The US has formally determined Russia has beaten, tortured and raped civilians.
Wife of missing hunter appeals for help - military friends from Australia assist
Murray Horsfield has been missing in Glenorchy, north of Queenstown, since Monday.
Russia is now targeting Ukraine’s homeless as war recruits
Intelligence report claims new tactic being deployed by Russia in occupied Mariupol.
Letters: Cyclone Gabrielle unifies, but we must help the helpers
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Officer allegedly slapped colleague so hard in sexual encounter her vision went blurry
The officer admitted slapping a female colleague in the face and pouring a drink over her.
N. Korea leader Kim Jong Un shows off daughter, nukes at parade
The previous day Kim and his daughter visited troops as part of Army's 75th anniversary.